Between the Devil and the host : imagining witchcraft in early modern Poland

List of Figures and Tables . . xiii
Maps . . xiv
Introduction: At the Crossroads . . 1

I. HISTORY
1. Contexts . . 11
2. Imagining Witchcraft in Literature and Law . . 45
3. A Winding Road to the Stake . . 61
4. Mechanisms of Justice . . 91

II. RELIGION
5. Healing and Harming . . 107
6. Stealing the Sacred . . 140
7. Broken Bodies . . 165
8. Piety in the Torture Chamber . . 183

III. DEMONOLOGY
9. A Candle for the Devil . . 195
10. Demon Lovers . . 209
11. Translating the Devil . . 227

Conclusions . . 239

Appendix: Polish Witch-Trials 1511-1775 . . 243
References . . 254
Index . . 275